What is recorded here

West Kerry, Ballynoneen. A broken ring of earth, wide enough for a dozen paces across, still holds its shape beside a narrow stream. The bank rises two metres on one side and drops nearly five into the water on the other, as if the fort were cut in half rather than built around it. A person standing inside would have seen the land running out in every direction, no wall or roof between them and the horizon. The fairies may have taken the rest, but the shape remained: a room with no doors, half drowned in ordinary water.

Internal diameter 30m N-S, 23.6m E-W The views from this site are extensive in all directions. Today this univallate rath has been much distorted, and a small stream now runs through it. To the W of the stream a semi-circular area is enclosed by an earthen bank and fosse. On the E side of this area there is a fall of 4.7m to the bed of the stream. The bank survives to a maximum height of 2.6m externally and 1m above the interior. An enclosing fosse exists to the N and SW; it is steep and wide, measuring 2.4m wide and 1m deep. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 264. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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